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School-to-Work Transition for Higher education students with disabilities

in Serbia, Bosnia & Herzegovina and Montenegro

Project Nr 561847-KA2-CBHE

School-to-Work Transition for Higher education

students with disabilities in Serbia, Bosnia &

Herzegovina and Montenegro

Document type: Minutes

Meeting No: Training meting

Date of Meeting: 17th – 19th May 2017

Meeting Location: University of Maribor

Meeting called by: University of Macedonia

Facilitator: Prof. dr. Matjaž Debevc

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School-to-Work Transition for Higher education students with disabilities in Serbia, Bosnia & Herzegovina and Montenegro

Project No: 561847-KA2-CBHE

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1. Participants

1. Lefkothea Kartasidou (UOM) (Over the skype)

2. Matjaž Debevc (UM)

3. Ines Kožuh (UM)

4. Monika Ferk (UM)

5. Irena Lovrenčič Držanič (UM)

6. Nuša Erjavec (UM)

7. Katja Udir Mišič (UM)

8. Danilo Zimšek (UM)

9. Matej Kosi (UM)

10. Olga Pregl (VEDOMA, UM)

11. Draženko Jorgić (UBL)

12. Brane Mikanović (UBL)

13. Tanja Blišić (UBL)

14. Margareta Skopljak (UBL)

15. Almir Sijerčić (PROFIL MC)

16. Amra Dzindo (PROFIL MC)

17. Lejla Kafedžić (UNSA)

18. Ksenija Vlašković (UNIKG)

19. Bojan Janičić (UNS)

20. Biljana Sladoje Bošnjak (UES)

21. Pavle Milenković (UNS)

22. Maja Škurić (UoM)

23. Tatijana Dlabač (UoM)

24. Katarina Kaplarski (BMU)

25. Danijela Ljubojević (BMU)

26. Valentina Paunović (BMU)

27. Jelena Savić (NES)

28. Irena rakić (NES)

29. Alenka Gajšt (Slovenian Association of Disabled students)

30. Nataša Mauko Zimšek (Slovenian Association of Disabled students)

31. Tamara Tomič (UDG)



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32. Svetlana Civarić (AXDM)

33. Miroslava Ivanovič (AXDM)

34. Selma Berbić (Procom and Empirica)



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2. Agenda

Day 0 – Date: Tuesday, 16/5/2017

Time Description

19:00 Welcome event at Vinag

Day 1 - Date: Wednesday, 17/5/2017

Study Opportunities and Accessibility for Students with Disabilities

Time and Room Description

9:30-10:00

Hall G2 Registrations

10:00-12:00

G2-P02

Universal Design for Learning in Practice

Danilo Zimšek (Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computer

Science UM) and Alenka Gajšt (Slovenian Association of

Disabled Students)

12:00-12:15 Coffee Break

12:15-12:45

G2-PO2

The Efficiency of E-learning Material Templates for

Persons with Disabilities

Monika Ferk (Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computer

Science UM)

12:45-14:00 Lunch Break (FERI – Eat Smart restaurant)



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14:00-16:00

G2-PO2

ICT Solutions for supporting deaf and hard of hearing dr. Matjaž Debevc (Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science UM)

16:30-17:00 Closing the first day – Overall discussion

19:00 Dinner at restaurant Ancora (Jurčičeva ulica 7)

Day 2 - Date: Thursday, 18/5/2017

Employment Opportunities for Students with Disabilities


9:00-9:40

G2-PO2

Career Support for Students at University of Maribor

Matej Kosi (Career Centre University of Maribor)

9:40-10:15

G2-PO2

Skype meeting with Lefkothea Kartasidou (University of

Macedonia)

10:15-10:30 Coffee Break

10:30-12:30

G2-PO2

Employment Experiences of Students with Disabilities and

Workshop on Employment Support

Nataša Mauko Zimšek and Alenka Gajšt (Slovenian Association

of Disabled Students)

12:30-14:00 Lunch Break (FERI – Eat Smart restaurant)



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14:00-16:00

Beta

Employment Support for Persons with Disabilities in

Slovenia Zdenka Wltavsky (University Rehabilitation Institute

Slovenia)

16:00-16:30 Closing the second day – Discussion

Day 3 - Date: Friday, 19/5/2017

Parallel Workshops


9:00-12:00

G2-PO2 Workshops Group 1: Academic/teaching staff

9:00-12:00

G2-PO2 Workshops Group 2: Employers

9:00-12:00

G2-PO2 Workshops Group 3: Mentors

9:00-12:00

Seminar room Workshops Group 4: Students with disabilities

12:00-13:00 Closing the third day – Overall discussion and reporting



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3. Venue

Name: University of Maribor, Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science

Address: Smetanova 17, 2000 Maribor, Slovenia

Registration: Avla (Hall) G2

Contacts:

Monika Ferk ([email protected]), +386 51 207 514 (organiser).

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Matjaž Debevc ([email protected],

+386 2 220 7105 WP4 leader)

WEB: http://feri.um.si/

Floor plan of FERI (G2):



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4. Purpose of the meeting

The purpose of the meeting was to:

Increasing the familiarity with the project objectives.

Inform about implemented activities and tasks.

Inform about topics in Accessibility.

Discuss the future procedures, deliverables, steps, and actions to be taken.

5. Workpackage

The training meting was held from 17th to 19th of May 2017 at the Faculty of Electrical

Engineering and Computer Science (UM FERI) of University of Maribor (www.um.si).

Meeting at UM FERI started on Wednesday, the 17th of May, at 10:00, with the welcoming

speech from Assoc. Prof. Dr. Matjaz Debevc. After the speech, Danilo Zimšek and Alenka Gajšt

from Slovenian Association of Disabled Students presented their article with the title Universal

Design for Learning in Practice. Following their presentation, we looked at how to prepare e-

learning material templates for persons with disabilities which was presented by Monika Ferk.

The last presentation of the first day was held by Assoc. Prof. Dr. Matjaz Debevc who introduced

the ICT Solutions for supporting deaf and hard of hearing.

The second day of the meeting started at 9:00. First Matej Kosi presented us his article Career

Support for students at University of Maribor. The presentation was followed by video

conference with the leader of the consortium Prof. Dr. Lefkothea Kartasidou from the University

of Macedonia, Greece, with the goal of discussing issues regarding the project. Nataša Mauko

Zimšek and Alenka Gajšt from Slovenian Association of Disabled Students later presented us

their article, titled Employment experiences of students with disabilities and workshop on

employment support. The last presentation was held by Zdenka Wltavsky from University

rehabilitation institute of Slovenia, with the title Employment support for persons with disabilities

in Slovenia.

The meeting on the last, third day also started at 9:00 and was intended for workshops for all

four groups: Academic/teaching staff, Employers, Mentors and Students with disabilities.

http://www.um.si/



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6. Summaries of presentations

6.1 Universal Design for Learning in Practice

Danilo Zimšek (Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science UM) and Alenka

Gajšt (Slovenian Association of Disabled Students)

The presentation on Universal Design for Learning presented the three guiding principles of this

approach. It stressed how flexibility and providing options in presentation, expression and

engagement for students in higher education not only increases the learning opportunities for

disabled students but all students who have different learning styles and preferences. This

approach decreases the need for special adjustments and allows equal participation also for

students who do not wish to disclose their disability.

6.2 The Efficiency of E-learning Material Templates for Persons with Disabilities

Monika Ferk (Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science UM)

When preparing e-material for persons with disabilities the content preparation phase has to

focus mainly on the accessibility aspect, then follow design preparation phase and the selection

and integration of media in the program. Some of the most common problems faced by persons

with disabilities include inaccessibility of Web sites, inaccessibility of learning materials and

different learning needs due to their disabilities. One of the most prominent problems is that e-

learning IT courses are not specifically designed for them. There is also a misalignment of

guidelines for the development of accessible teaching and learning materials and Web

accessibility standards and guidelines. The problem is also that e-learning models are commonly

designed for sighted students and do not incorporate considerations for blind and visually

impaired persons.

Persons with disabilities such as the deaf and hearing impaired need adapted and extensive

support. E-learning materials extensively use visually oriented information that are usually in the

form of graphics, photos, and others. E-learning materials are mainly on demand web-based

video lectures, that are accompanied by subtitles and sign language translations. New



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technologies also enable them to use visual demonstrations, animations and virtual augmented

reality solutions.

E-learning material for persons with autism spectrum disorder should be based on Extensive use

of visual oriented animations and demonstrations. Because persons with ASD like to ask many

questions about a certain topic, the material should use avatars that answer those questions. As

persons with ASD do not like surprises, E-material should have predicted structure and events to

avoid surprises and the template should also contain information about the next slide.

6.3 ICT Solutions for supporting deaf and hard of hearing

dr. Matjaž Debevc (Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science UM)

Due to rapid development of information-communication technology (ICT), we are witnesses of

significant differences in all areas of life. In particular, these have been especially obvious in the

field of education, since sign language users, gained with a help of ICT possibilities for equal

inclusion in social, societal and economic environment.

The output of merging both technology and education as e-learning is also becoming a field in

which allows sign language users learning on distance and learning with techniques accessible

to them. The importance of using ICT use in higher education institutions for sign language

users is strongly emphasized on national and international level, since the number of students

with disabilities is rapidly growing.

In the presentation, technical and organisational regulations in education has been presented,

and accessible technical and education tools. Additionally, evaluation tools and guidelines, such

as Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) has been presented.

6.4 Career Support for Students at University of Maribor

Matej Kosi (Career Centre University of Maribor)

The Career Centre of the University of Maribor provides a wide range of services for students,

graduates and employers. Individual career counselling provides students and graduates with

detailed information on career opportunities and development. The Career Centre also

organizes various events, such as lectures, seminars, workshops, discussions and meetings.



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The majority of these events are open to all interested students and graduates, while some are

organized for specific groups. The Centre also arranges visits to potential employers. Students

and graduates of the University of Maribor can obtain information on job vacancies and

internship programmes in Slovenia and abroad. Employers have the opportunity to advertise job

vacancies and internship programmes on our website free of charge. Our website www.kc.um.si

also features e-tools such as career planning and career market, used to build networks with

employers. All aforementioned activities are accessible to students with disabilities as well.

6.5 Employment Experiences of Students with Disabilities and Workshop on Employment Support

Nataša Mauko Zimšek and Alenka Gajšt (Slovenian Association of Disabled Students)

The presentation dealt with employment experiences of students with disabilities in Slovenia. We

collected those employment experiences through focus groups interviews to see how effective

legislation provision really are for young people who face difficulties because of special needs.

For better understanding of students’ experiences we also outlined basic employment legislation

and employment rights of people with disabilities in Slovenia. To make presentation more

interesting we also prepared some practical tasks on employment support for people with

disabilities.

6.6 Employment Support for Persons with Disabilities in Slovenia

Zdenka Wltavsky (University Rehabilitation Institute Slovenia)

The Slovenian legislation in the field of training and employment of persons with disabilities,

regulated by the law on Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment of Persons with Disabilities

was presented. The presentation focused on vocational rehabilitation service, the quota system

for the employment of people with disabilities and the whole process of employment

rehabilitation. Also presented was the support for employment for people with disabilities,

governed by the same law and its’ benefits for both the disabled as well as employers. At the

end, the project Transition – transition of young people with disabilities from school to work, was

presented.

http://www.kc.um.si/



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7. Next meeting

In the next period the meetings should be held according to next plan:

PROPOSED PERIOD WORK PACKAGE CITY OF DESTINATION

June 2017 WP4 Thessaloniki

September 2017 WP4 Belgrade

Final dates will be discussed during the next project meeting or via doodle. Next meeting will be

in Thessaloniki.



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